Amnesty International Statistics

http://www.hotwired.com/Coin/Spnsrs/Amnesty/Info/stats.html (The Risc Disc Volume 2, 10/1995)

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Amnesty International Amnesty Information

(DATA: 1993)

PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
- 3,014 Action files featuring over 7,700 individuals
- 629 new cases
- 1,041 releases of POCs or investigation cases
URGENT ACTIONS
- 900 appeals for people in 82 countries:
- 213 torture
- 112 extra-judicial executions
- 87 death sentences
- 115 death threat
- others: arbitrary arrests or re-arrests, prolonged incommunicado detention, detention without charge or trial, death in custody, risk of refoulement, amputation.
REGIONAL ACTION NETWORKS
- 2,416 Amnesty local groups participated
DEATH PENALTY
- 1,708 known executions in 35 countries
- 2,697 death sentences in 62 countries
- 44% of countries abolitionist in law or practice:
- 47 total abolition
- 16 abolition for all but exceptional offenses
- 20 abolition de facto for 10 years+

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